Christa Pike describes physical and emotional pain following a botched execution in Tennessee
Christa Pike survived a failed execution attempt in Tennessee on September 30. She was 18 when she tortured and killed classmate Colleen Slemmer. The state suspended all executions after the botched attempt.
- Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital during the execution attempt.
- Christa Pike was 18 years old when she tortured and killed Colleen Slemmer.
- Christa Pike says she is in constant pain.
- Governor Bill Lee suggested Pike's sentence might remain the same unless the courts decide otherwise.
- Tennessee Governor Bill Lee called for an investigation into the failed execution.
- The United States has had 32 executions this year.
- Pike's lawyers are seeking to have her sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
- Pike spent 28 years in solitary confinement.
- Pike was convicted of attempted first-degree murder in 2001.
- Pike criticized the state authorities for the incompetence that led to her situation.
- Pike, Tadaryl Shipp, and Shadolla Peterson lured Colleen Slemmer into a wooded area.
- Christa Pikeová expressed gratitude for the love and support she receives.
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